Derek Barto Email & Phone Number

I provide advice to small and mid-sized law firms seeking to improve their financial performance and achieve long term success. My background in finance and accounting compliments my extensive experience advising law firms on strategic and partnership matters. This enables me to help my clients implement lasting changes to better their law firms through the following services: - CFO and Controller services - Reporting and analytics - Partner compensation plan consulting⠀⠀⠀ ⠀•Annual plan close-out calculations, equalization and coordination with firm CPA (year-end planning)⠀⠀⠀ ⠀•Plan development and implementation⠀⠀⠀ ⠀•Incoming/outgoing partners and generational transitions (succession planning) - Law Firm accounting⠀⠀⠀ ⠀•Trust accounting remediation and compliance⠀⠀⠀ ⠀•Account clean up and reconciliation⠀⠀⠀ ⠀•Capital account restoration - Law Firm expert consulting⠀⠀⠀ ⠀•Process assessment and improvement⠀⠀⠀ ⠀•Practice area profitability, strategy and structure⠀⠀⠀ ⠀•Planning, budgeting and forecastingI am a Certified Public Accountant with advanced degrees in both Law Firm Management and Accounting and founding partner of Barto Consulting LLP, a CPA firm dedicated to financial management and strategic consulting for law firms.

Listed skills include Tax, Internal Controls, Tax Returns, International Tax, and 8 others.